Fitness Minded. Community Driven.

Elm Street Fire

On January 30, 2015 we got the call that Del’s Novelty store was on fire. Del’s was our neighbor, and allegedly a space heater that was left on in one of the apartments upstairs shorted out and set the building on fire.

Town Restaurant (which was replacing Sebastian’s Steakhouse) was actually weeks from opening at that point, but due to water and smoke damage, they would not open for a few years after that.

Del’s building was eventually torn down to the damage, but luckily none of the other surrounding buildings were damaged beyond repair.

Morristown Green posted a recap of the evening.

13’s Fittest

In December of 2019, we started planning our first-ever in-house competition… 13’s Fittest. The format, which has not changed to this day, was a 2-person partner competition that could be either co-ed or same-sex teams.

We had two divisions: Rx and Scaled. And on March 7, 2020 we had 19 teams compete in our inaugural event.

Each of our coaches was encouraged to find a partner in either division, and pull the competitive spirit out of some of our members who were interested, but may have been a little nervous to give it a shot!

We also started the process of the winners being able to create a homegrown benchmark that our community would complete on a day of the year of their choosing!

COVID-19

A week after our inaugural 13’s Fittest we made the tough decision to shut our doors, knowing that the Governor’s orders were coming sooner than later.

We pivoted to an online workout platform to keep our community moving during what we originally thought was going to be a very short period of time.

In July, outdoor group activities were allowed to resume, and Willow French Cleaners (on the first floor of our building), was gracious enough to let us utilize the driveway for classes. We brought all of our equipment downstairs, and were up and running with outdoor classes the following week!

Strix Media created an incredible piece about our experience during this time.

Time For An Upgrade

When the opportunity came in to move across town to a new location in September of 2020 with better lighting, better parking, and a more open floor… we jumped at it!

Governor Murphy had just announced that indoor fitness activities could resume, albeit with masks on, but we were excited to have plenty of windows, ceiling fans, and a garage door to keep the air flowing during this challenging time!